* Text files and their purposes along with an introduction to vi and vim features.

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* Man Pages

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* Man Pages

* Understanding Log Files

* Understanding Log Files

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* Introduction to Git

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* Introduction to Git

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* Partitioning and Filesystems 2: EFI and GUID/Gpt Partitions

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* Partitioning and Filesystems 2: EFI and GUID/Gpt Partitions

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* December 11: Partitioning and File Systems

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* December 11: Partitioning and File Systems

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* December 4: X11/Xorg

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* December 4: X11/Xorg

Xorg is not a GUI! What is it?

Xorg is not a GUI! What is it?

Understanding X Server/Client

Understanding X Server/Client

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* command-line essentials

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The principles are the same across GNU/Linux distributions, but some

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The principles are the same across all GNU/Linux distributions, but some

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distributions share common configuration approaches. The examples

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distributions share common configuration approaches. The examples in these

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in these classes will generally reference both the Debian and the

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classes will generally reference both the Debian and the Red Hat approaches.

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Red Hat approaches.

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Most of the above topics require a sequence of two or more classes for

Most of the above topics require a sequence of two or more classes for

Revision as of 11:47, 4 January 2013

Current (Tuesday 20130108 from 3 to 4:30 PM):

Text files and their purposes along with an introduction to vi and vim features.

Potential Upcoming Classes:

Man Pages

Understanding Log Files

Introduction to Git

Partitioning and Filesystems 2: EFI and GUID/Gpt Partitions

Previous:

December 11: Partitioning and File Systems

December 4: X11/Xorg

Xorg is not a GUI! What is it?
Understanding X Server/Client
Using Xnest, SSH, VNC
Understanding framebuffers

November 27: Users, Groups, Permissions

General Info:

System administration topics include

managing users, groups, and permissions

monitoring and managing storage and file systems

understanding the Filesystem Hierarchical Standard as a global namespace

a tour of the Linux directory tree, with emphasis on commands

monitoring and managing processes

installing and configuring server software

configuring and updating XOrg X11 GUI systems

installing and configuring devices, firmware, and modules

kernel tuning

network configuration

introduction to compiling a C program and using make, using chkrootkit.c as the example

writing shell scripts

command-line essentials

The principles are the same across all GNU/Linux distributions, but some
distributions share common configuration approaches. The examples in these
classes will generally reference both the Debian and the Red Hat approaches.

Most of the above topics require a sequence of two or more classes for
completion. Such class sequences are progressive, and success requires
attendance for all classes in the sequence.

Each topic stands alone; there are no dependencies among them. The
assumption is that attendees are at least familiar with command-line
shells.

Because command-line skills are generally required, the command-line
essentials class (a one-class introduction) will be repeated.